Autographic register.



A. c. GAYNOR. AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER;- APPLICATION FI LED JUNE 22. l9l6.

Patented Au 7,1917.

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- A. C. GAYNOR.

AUTOGBAPHIC REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED 1uNE 22. ms.

Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

' SHEETSSHEET 3 IIVI/E/VTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES TENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR o. GAYNOR, or :enrnenron'r, ,connno'rrourf AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 7, 191 '7.

Application filed June 22, 1916. -Seria.1No. 105,275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR G. GAYNOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of regis'ters using a plurality of rolls or strips of checks and has for its object to simplify, cheapen and to generally improve the construction and operation of this class of ma-v chines and especially to provide a register that will either retain a copy of the records in the machine'in the form of a roll of checks and provide a plurality of copies or checks which may be torn off simultaneously, or if preferred will provide a plurality of records or checks without the retention of a copy,

thus combining th functions of two machines in one, an especial advantage of my present machine being that the several strips upon which the records or checks are written, are fed forward evenly and without slipping, so that the checks will continue to register with each other, without waste of the paper strips and without inconvenience to the operator, the machine being always ready to work and performing its functions accurately until the rolls or strips of checks are exhausted.

With these and other objects in view I have devised thenovel autographic register whichI will now describe, referring to the accompanying drawings forming a parts of this'specification and using reference characters to indicate the several parts:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my novel register withthe cover turned back leaving the writing table exposed;

Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of the machine, on the line 22 in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 8 a plan view with the cover, writing table, and carbon paper pocket removed;

Fig. 3 a perspective of the cam shaft, detached;

Fig. 1 a detail sectional view on an enlarged scale illustrating the operating mechmechanism when no record is preserved within the machine, and

Fig. 10 is a detail view illustrating the driving connections between thecrank hub and the lower drawing roll used when no record is to be preserved within the machine.

2 0 denotes a box or casing having upon one slde ears 21 to which the writing'table 22 is pivotally secured. This writing table is a sheet of metal and has formed integraltherewith a carbon paper pocket 23. The

ends of this pocket areformed separate from the body thereof and are soldered or otherwise secured in place. These ends are pivoted to. the ears. which is hinged to the outer edge of the carbon paper pocket and is providedwith an opening 25 through which the check to be written upon is exposed and with a hood 26 which covers the drawing rolls.

The checks to be operated upon are provlded in the form of rolled strips indicated .by 27. These rolled strips each rest upon a pair of supporting rolls indicated by 28, WhlCh are JOurnaled in ears 29 secured to the bottom of the casing. .Contiguous to each rolled check strip on the side oppositeto the draft side I provide a cross plate 30 secured to the side plates of the casing. This construction enables me to dispense with rolling the check strips on carrying rods and with the parts for journaling or supporting said carrying rods. In use the pull upon each roll of checks will tend to throw it away 24 denotes a cover four of the guide rolls 31. These rolls are mounted to rotate upon arms 32 which are pivoted to the sides of the casing so as to permit the arms and the rolls'carried there-v by to be swung backward, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, which is a great convenience in loading the machine, 2'. 6. preparing it for use. As the present machine provides for an original check and three copies, three sheets of carbon paper are used. These sheets are rolled in "a single roll which lies in the carbon paperpocket, the sheets of carbon aper, in use, passlng transversely across t e writing table. In loading, the end of each .check strip is drawn upward on the right side -('as.seen in Fig. 2) of the corresponding roll 31. The check from the roll at the. extreme left, (as seen in Fig. 2) .is then laid over the writing table, then a ply of carbon paper is laid over it, then a check from the next roll to the right is laid over the carbon paper, then a ply of carbon paper laid over that, and so on,the' check tom the roll at the extreme. right lying on top. I have not shown the roll of carbon aperand the plies of carbon paper lying etween the checks over the writing table, as

this arrangement-of checks and plies of carbon paper is old and specifically forms noportion of the present invention, it being deemed sufiicient for the purposes of this specification to state that the plies of carbon paper lie transversely of the writing table etween the check strips and are retained in lace by the cover when it is closed down.

he check strips when drawn forward slide freely over the plies of carbon paper which remain smooth. 33 and 34 denote respectively the upper and lower'drawing rolls, the construction of which is an important feature of the present invention. They are both made of relatively soft rubber or an equivalent plastic composition that remains relatively soft, so that both rolls are compressed on their meeting faces, so that said rolls have an elongated and flat engagement with the upper'and lower check strips .in-

stead of a curved point of engagement as heretofore. This elongated and flat engagement of the drawing rolls is clearly shown in Fig. 7. In addition to this,fI preferably 'make the upper roll much shorter than the lower roll and mount it to engage with the mid-length of the lower roll, as clearly I as efi'ected by means of a camshaft 40 naled in the sides of the casing. The shaft 36 of the upper drawing roll is journaled in bearing'plates 37 which are carried by plate springs 38 secured to brackets 39 themselves rigidly secured to the side plates of the easing. The bearing plates are providedlwith slots, shown only by dotted llnes in Fig. 2, through which the shaft of the lower roll passes and which permit. the rolls to be sepa-' rated. The action of the plate springs is to press the upper drawing roll down tightly upon the lower drawing roll or upon the check strips between said rolls.

The sh ft 35 of the lower drawing roll carries a gear wheel 46 which meshes with an idler gear wheel 47. These two gear wheels have no function when a record roll of checks is preserved within the machine, but only when a plurality of records or checks is required without the retention of a copy within the machine, aswill presently be fully described.

Any suitable means may be provided for raising the upper roll out of engagement with the lower roll. In the present instance I have shown the raising of the upper roll rovided with cam-surfaces 41 upon which the plates springs lie. This shaft is journaled in the sides of the casing and is provided with a finger piece 42 for convenience in operation. The bearing plates are provided with slots 43 through .which the cam shaft passes freely. Rotation of the cam shaft will cause one end or the other of the cam surfaces to engage the plate springs and raise the bearing plates and upper roll leaving sufiicient space between the rolls to pass the ends of the check strips ,through in preparing the machine for use.

' The drawing rolls may be operated either by pull upon the lower check strip or by gearing, as preferred. 'When a record roll of checks is preserved within the machine, the drawing rolls are operated by pull upon the lower check strip (see Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5). Y

The end of the lower check strip is passed through a longitudinal slot 44: in a removable winding roll 45 (see Fig. 2). This winding roll is shown as provided at one end with a knob 48 for convenience in inserting. and removing. The slot extends to the other end of the roll, which isshown as made of tubing. At the end of the slot is a notch 49 which leads into a recess 50 adapted to receive a cross pin 51 in a socket 52 m a rotating hub 53. This hub is provided with a crank 54 and is mounted to rotate in a bearing 55 rigidly secured to the side of the casing. The hub is provided with a ratchet 56 engaged by a spring controlled pawl 57, which prevents backward rotation of the hub and consequent unwinding of the record roll of checks-on winding roll 45.. Backward rotation of the gear 58 and lower drawing roll 34 is likewise prevented by said pawl 57. In preparing the machinefor use when a record roll of checks is to be retained, the winding roll is passed through the casing'and into socket 52, the notch is engaged with the cross pin and then the winding roll is pushed for-- ward causing the sides of said roll to-be sprung outward by the engagement of the walls of the notch with the cross pin until the cross pin is seated in the recess where it is securely retained by the resilience of the sides of the winding roll. To remove the winding roll it is simply necessary to pulloutward upon the knob with sufiicient force to cause the cross pin to spring the sides of the roll outward and disengage it from the cross pin.

The operation will be obvious from the drawings and the description already given. Having'loaded up the machine, as in Fi 2, forward rotation of the winding roll w' cause the lowercheck strip to be wound upon said roll and will draw the other check strips forward evenly. When the checks have passed the drawing rolls rotation of the winding roll is stopped and thechecks, from all except the lower checkstrip, are torn off. v Suppose now that it is required .to produce a plurality of duplicate checks but without retaining a record roll of checks in the machine. The winding roll is .re-t moved and a gear wheel 58 is substitutedin'lieu" thereof. 'This gear wheel engages idler gear-wheel 47, as clearly shown in Fig. 10, and the idler in turn imparts rota-' tionto the-gear wheel 46 on the shaft of the lower drawing roll, so that when hub 53 is turned forward by the crank the'gear wheels will impart rotation to the lower;

drawing roll, which with thec'ooperation of. the upper drawing rollwilldraw the. check strips forward and will retain them I perfect registration with each other..

' having a slot 60which receives the cross pin in hub 53, the walls of said slot grip Gear wheel 58 is provided with a-hub 59 ping the cross pin with suflicient frictional contact to retain the gear wheel in place.

interchangeable winding roll and invention I nation with a casing having a horizontally disposed writing surface, upper and lower drawing rolls at one end of the casing, bearings in which the upper roll is journaled, plate springs on the free ends of which the said bearings are carried and by which the upper roll is forced towardthe lower roll, and a cam shaft extending across the lower sides of said springs to lift them and the upper roll.

2. In combination in a register of the character described, a casing, a drawin roll journaled therein, an upper shorter rawing roll, said rolls being. made of relatively soft material, bearing plates in which said upper roll is journaled, flat. springs by which the bearing plates are carried, and a cam shaft acting on said springs to raise the upper roll.

3. In an autographic register, the combination with a casing having a horizontally disposed writing surface, of upper and lower drawing rolls at one end thereof, a

rotary hub mounted in one side of the rollcarrying end of the casing and a winding roll removably engaging said hub and adapted to wind the lowermost of a plurality of strips after leaving the said rolls. 4. In an autographic register, the combination with a casing having a horizontally disposed writing surface, upper and lower drawing rolls at one end thereof, gearing for I rotating-the lower roll' a rotary drive hub mounted in one side of the casing at the.

roll-carrying end thereof and an interchangeable winding roll and. drive pinion having means for removably engaging said hubfor operation thereby to wind the low-:

ermost strip or drive the lower drawing roll as may be desired.

5. In an autographic register, the combination with 'a casing adapted to receive a plurality 'ofloo se rolls of strips, a horizon-.- tally disposed writing surface. over the top of the casing, guides at one end of said writing surface over which the strips passto the. opposite-end, drawin rolls at the "latter end, the lowerone o 'whichhas a gear at one end, an idler engaging said gear, arotary driving hub mounted -on'the casing adjacent to said idler and having a socket exposed within the casing socket for the purpose set forth.

and an r1ve pm I 6. In an autographicregister,.the combi- 'nation with a casing open at it's top and adapted to receive aplurality'of rollsof strip guides at one end of the open top and a Vertically swinging writing surface beyond .said guides to permit introduction of the rolls into the casing, a carbon holder 4 along one longitudinal edge of the casing 'to the ends of which the writing surface is hinged, upper and lower drawing rolls at the end of the casing opposite said guides,

names? the lower roll being within the casing, and 10 an open cover hinged at one longitudinal edge to the outer edge of the carbon receptacle and extending from end to end of the casing and having a hood at one end inclosing the upper drawing r011. 15

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

ARTHUR O. GAYNOR. 

